The Taipei City Government yesterday accused the Ministry of Education of compromising the autonomy of a city committee, accusing the ministry of inserting its “black hands” into local affairs.
The ministry earlier this month rejected the city government’s plan to administer high-school admissions next year within the school district encompassing Taipei City, New Taipei City and Keelung City.
While the ministry maintained that Taipei’s plan illegally increased the weight of Comprehensive Assessment Program exam scores in the admissions process, Taipei City’s Department of Education had previously refused to consider revising the plan, saying that the specific details in dispute were the prerogative of local governments.
Taipei, New Taipei City and Keelung’s education departments have initiated committee meetings to discuss a new proposal.
All proposals must be passed by a committee of school principals, academics, teachers’ union representatives and parents.
Taipei department commissioner Lin Yi-hua (林奕華) said that school principals had contacted the department after the ministry sought to arrange meetings with them before the committee discussed the new proposal. Principals in New Taipei City and Keelung were also contacted, the department said.
The department said that the ministry’s actions violated the Regulations for Pluralizing Recruitment and Admissions to Senior High Schools (高級中等學校多元入學招生辦法), which says the authority for drafting implementation plans rests with local governments.
Wu Ching-shan (吳清山), director of the ministry’s K-12 Education Administration, said the ministry sought to meet with the committee to share ideas about Taipei’s admissions plan, and that this was within the ministry’s purview.
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